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Cultural studies : theory and practice / Chris Barker ; with a foreword by Paul Willis.

By: Material type: SetSetVolumes: Show volumesPublication details: Los Angeles ; London : SAGE, 2012.Edition: 4th EditionDescription: xxvi, 552 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780857024794
  • 9780857024800
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 306.071 23
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Contents:
Ch. 1. An Introduction to Cultural Studies -- Ch. 2. Questions of Culture and Ideology -- Ch. 3. Culture, Meaning, Knowledge: The linguistic Turn in Cultural Studies -- Ch. 4. Biology, The Body and Culture -- Ch. 5. A New World Disorder? -- Ch. 6. Enter Postmodernism -- Ch. 7. Issues of Subjectivity and Identity -- Ch. 8. Ethnicity, Race and Nation -- Ch. 9. Sex, Subjectivity and Representation -- Ch. 10. Television, Texts and Audiences -- Ch. 11. Digital Media Culture -- Ch. 12. Cultural Space and Urban Place -- Ch. 13. Youth, Style and Resistance -- Ch. 14. Cultural Politics and Cultural Policy.
Summary: This comprehensive, self-contained introduction to the theory, practice and core issues of cultural studies focuses on particular issues of contemporary interest, including ideology, language, gender, race and identity.
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Books Books Library, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) Available at Centre for Social Science Research 306.071 B2551c 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 01 Not For Loan 022844
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 514-536) and index.

Ch. 1. An Introduction to Cultural Studies -- Ch. 2. Questions of Culture and Ideology -- Ch. 3. Culture, Meaning, Knowledge: The linguistic Turn in Cultural Studies -- Ch. 4. Biology, The Body and Culture -- Ch. 5. A New World Disorder? -- Ch. 6. Enter Postmodernism -- Ch. 7. Issues of Subjectivity and Identity -- Ch. 8. Ethnicity, Race and Nation -- Ch. 9. Sex, Subjectivity and Representation -- Ch. 10. Television, Texts and Audiences -- Ch. 11. Digital Media Culture -- Ch. 12. Cultural Space and Urban Place -- Ch. 13. Youth, Style and Resistance -- Ch. 14. Cultural Politics and Cultural Policy.

This comprehensive, self-contained introduction to the theory, practice and core issues of cultural studies focuses on particular issues of contemporary interest, including ideology, language, gender, race and identity.

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